Full Idea
If nothing existed by God before creation, then what could have happened to, or within, God that led God to decide to create the universe at that particular moment? Why would an eternal or perfect being want or need to change?
Gist of Idea
If God existed before creation, why would a perfect being desire to change things?
Source
report of Augustine (Confessions [c.398]) by Adrian Bardon - Brief History of the Philosophy of Time 1 'Augustine's'
Book Reference
Bardon,Adrian: 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time' [OUP 2013], p.24
A Reaction
I suppose you could reply that change is superior to stasis, but then why did God delay the creation?